The Mohan Veena refers to two distinct Indian classical instruments, one a modified sarod created by the well-known sarodiya Radhika Mohan Maitra, and the second being a modified Hawaiian guitar created by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.Bhatt's instrument is a modified Archtop guitar and consists of 20 strings - three to four melody strings, four to five drone strings are strung from the peghead, and twelve sympathetic strings strung to the tuners mounted on the side of the neck.